False hopes are more dangerous than fears.
J. R. R. TOLKIENA hunted man sometimes wearies of distrust and longs for friendship.
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But in the end it’s only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass.
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Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?
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It is perilous to study too deeply the arts of the Enemy, for good or for ill.
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Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible, and I have no cause to complain, since I have similar opinions of their works, or of the kinds of writing that they evidently prefer.
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I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.
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I come from under the hill, and under the hills and over the hills my paths led. And through the air, I am he that walks unseen.
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It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.
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I want to be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren.
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Come, Mr. Frodo!’ he cried. ‘I can’t carry it for you, but I can carry you.
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I wished to be loved by another,’ [Éowyn] answered. ‘But I desire no man’s pity.
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Fair speech may hide a foul heart.
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Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
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I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam.
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I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.
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No Victory Without Suffering
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